If you have to describe your music in there of four words,what would you call it?

Contemporary Roots Rock.

What was the first tune(s) you learned?

Up on Cripple Creek, by The Band (age 8).

When did you start writing about music—and what or who were your early passions and influences?

I started writing songs almost immediately upon taking up the instrument at age 8, but as you might expect, they were garbage.
Serious songwriting began in my twenties; I was and remain influenced by Lennon/McCartney, Richard Thompson, Nick Lowe, John Hiatt, Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, and more.